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Well, thank you for responding. I guess no one else has gone through this here? I see a lot have viewed but no responses or suggestions. Usually I'm in the general forum and the responses are very quick. So I'll just re-post there.
Maybe my body is stuck at this weight? This was the weight I came out of high school at 40 years ago although in the Army I did get to and maintain a weight lower than 200 lbs.
I'll try going back to basics and see if I can get out of this old mindset. Going to up the cardio, do more but lighter resistant training, eat more protein, water and so forth. See what happens in a month.
Again, thanks.
Vertical Gastric Sleeve-(8/26/14)
HW 347lbs SW-328lbs CW-247 lbs GW-212lbs Randolph, 
"LOVE" is knowing someone has the power to hurt you, yet TRUST that they won't" 
"Sing like no one's listening and dance like no one's watching!!"
Willie,
I hear you! My one year anniversary was March 30. I haven't lost a pound in about 3 months. My calorie intake has increased to 1200-1700 daily. I tend to stay near the 1600-1700 end. I want to get to 160...my body likes 166-170 :-)
I am staying away from the sweet stuff but I do like plain popcorn and trail mix (with no candy). Trail mix is a trigger food for me so I try to eat it at work only.
First, I am going for a DEXA scan to see what my ideal body weight should be. This will let me know if I am within range or I need to lose some more weight. Then, starting June 1, I am lowering my calorie intake by 100 daily calories for a week--the following week, I will lower by an additional 100 until I get to 1000 daily calories.
I am off to the gym 5 days a week starting today to get on the treadmill--I got my playlist ready!
I also had to increase my PPI to 4 times daily which reduced my "hunger" signals significantly. I realized it was stomach acid not hunger.
My meals are protein forward--I eat 100g of protein daily--no exceptions! I do get at least 10 cups of fluid daily--mainly coffee and tea since I can't drink water (my surgeon knows). My diet is very repetitive but I can't handle too much variety right now.
Let me know what you try. You can do this. I realize we have to do more work to find what does "work" for us.
My surgery date is 6/27/16......once your insurance approves everything, i got my surgery date within a week. I got the psyche eval first, letter from my doctor. Didn't take long at all. I have one more appointment before surgery.....4 hour appointment to go over everything and gall bladder testing. I can't wait to get things started.
There are so many protein drinks and supplement brands out there that I don't know where to start! Is there a good place to try sample sizes? What are the best prices for them? Has anyone ever heard of and used PatchMd? Do those work?
Hey guys,
First time writing in this part of the forum. I had VSG 8/26/14 and lost a little over 90 lbs. Most of my weight was lost in the first 6 months, then a little more in the following 4 months. So all in all most of my weight was lost in 10 months. Since then I have not lost a lb, actually I've gained about 10 lbs. My low was at 247 lbs and I thought I would go to my goal of 220lbs lbs quite easily but weight loss slowed and then stopped. I went up to 262 lbs but then got 5 lbs off to my current of 257 lbs now which I have maintained for a few months and now I just cannot get any more weight off?
My two year anniversary is in August and I was surprise that weight gain could happen so fast after surgery! Yes, I could eat better but I don't pig out and I do exercise at least 3-4 times a week. I try to eat low carb, high protein, take my vitamins, exercise and drink my water. Who would of thought that a 260 lb guy could gain weigh with only about 1200-1600 calories a day? I'm thankful for the surgery and certainly it retards fast weight gain but now our calorie curve is so much lower!
Guess, I need to get back to the basics but therein lies the problem? How do we get back? At first with the weight loss we were so motivated in seeing the lbs drop daily and really we were not hungry, so eating just 600-800 calories a day was easy, now it is as if my mindset is the same as it was before surgery and that is what scares me. Now in hearing of many who have gained 30, 40 lbs after a few years I am afraid that I may also so I would like to address my mindset now before I gained any more. The surgery changes our stomach but it does not change our attitude toward food. This is where I think most of us fail-we need to change our complete lifestyle AND RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD. Is any one going to OA or any other group that may help? Any suggestions? Thanks?
Vertical Gastric Sleeve-(8/26/14)HW 347lbs SW-328lbs CW-247 lbs GW-212lbs Randolph, "LOVE" is knowing someone has the power to hurt you, yet TRUST that they won't" "Sing like no one's listening and dance like no one's watching!!"
Awesome, i wish you well. I went 6 hours away to have surgery. I had done research on my weight loss facility. I wanted a particular surgeon. It is a life style change with challenges that I am figuring out daily. Nonetheless, worth every step. Good luck, you are going to take ownership of your venture.
So I was cleared by nutrition and just waiting for my surgeons assistant to call me for my consult. We had a tiny stall because two forms were never received.So now I am so impatiently waiting for my call. How are you doing with your progress?
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